Help please! Badly injured Platy.

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I can definately put him in a bucket, I have a little heater especially for the purpose.
How fast do I add the salt? ...

I honestly donno, I just looked it up and found 1 tablesp for 5g water - either start low (and increase if necessary) or wait for someone who's got more exp then me with this before the fish OD's on salt
I'd shoot a PM to Lupin, she knows it ALL on any sickness

i had a wounded fish not long ago and the wife and i QT'ed the fish and used Melafix on the fish as a preventative measure with great success!! the fish id very healthy and healed very quickly (he was back in teh general pop in a week! be sure to follow the other importand part though CLEAN WATER daily changes of 50% of the QT can not hurt....

Angel079 is right, no salt with that mixture of fish. The medication to look for will be dependent on what symptoms present themselves, if any. Melafix could work for a fungal problem, but if bacteria sets in Melafix isn't going to have any effect. I still have to say its premature to be discussing types of meds as there is nothing to indicate they are yet needed. We don't know at this point if treatment will be needed, and if it is, what it is you will need to treat for. To just start adding medications without cause is more dangerous than letting the fish be to heal on its own.